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Taking no risks is the biggest risk of all

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Kevin Naughton Jr.
Jan 10, 2025
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For most of my life, I’ve always “played it safe.” I went to college, majored in something that provides a stable living—computer science—and worked hard to land a software engineering job, and for the last seven or so years, I have kept my head down and worked.

While I feel extremely fortunate to be where I am in life currently, I also reflect on the ye…

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